Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-12-29
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kxaea % y Young Ceupae - -Kcep <sss
Netf From tsss a4ssor.
azsere-ls q yosaag married ceupie.ia
sasiwaukee who have found it uphill
~ssfk TO get along in the world. They
x,a',se here two or three months ago to
as'd work. having been married but a
%s~ days The parents of both are
sas-eo-do people. and il was no runa-
match, for two pairs of paternai
s-a-'sas were laid on their heads in bless
sag when they plighted their troth. In
zaes. the young Berredict's father MANI
rested his good wilt by giving him one
4satnsand dollars in cold cash, and told
ilisn 10 buy farm with it. The next
Sunday they took buggy ride. and
rviisn they stepped out from the vehicle
siae young man found that he had lost
1is money A distracted search was
Ha'sSie, but the person who had picked
1ls the purse hadn't taken tho trouble
Sas advertise the fact very extensively.
Not daring to tell his father that he
Lad lost the money. the young man
agreed with his wife that they should
go as far away as the money they had
Ssssaid take them and try 10 earn the
Rssncy back before returning home.
They found they had just money
-essongh to take them to Milwaukee, and
sssa they came. When they had been
sieEe week they found that making q
living in Il hard. cruel world was not
like lying down on a fe;ther-bed and
having the old folks take care of you.
TIC clearinghouse keeper threatened
10 IRE them out bodily if they didn't
pay up they hadn't money enough to
take = street-car ride. and no prospect
-sss getting any. They used the
medium of the .'waat' column to
tcal :ssa inquirnS public that man
and his wife wanted Il position together.
she ope as cook on domestic. the other
AZ gardener or hostter or utility man
about the house. 1t happened that
just such q couple Was wanted about
that time ut the Mitchell farm in the
kawn of Greenfield. 1t turned out
thai the man would answer very well. |
aDst the young wife proved to be IL very
slsa cook.
-'Can you bake bread?" she was
asked.
She sadly said she couldn't. Other |
questions elected the fact that she |
<iidn't know. enough about cooking TO |
,s@d2 eggs. and So, of course. there was
a,0 Sab for her at the farm. Deter |
sniaed 10 live or staiNe tagetiler the
husband threw up his job. too. 1t be-
came necess,ry for the couple to change
4l0ssrding-hOuses, and in Tins operation
they left their trunks behind. When
iiIsally things looked pretty desperate
for tlsem they decided that perhaps.
after all they could not get places
5siatly, and the girl accepted situs-
sion III y West Side family ia second
girl Tho husband made up his mind
tstzt be couldn get Il job in Milwaukee
and determined to go 10 Oshkosh. He
s,s& NO money. and So one fine morn
lag he started on foot for the home of
the baseball champions. When he
s.azzse 10 the stock-yards. Just beyond
the city limits, he was gratilietl to find
shat he could get place there. and lac
went 20 work at once. He works there
get and his wife is now employed in
ia0sdfy- The curious feature of the
AFFAIR is that through all their trouble
they have never faltcrad their resoiu-
tkoa tn write home until they have
earned 81, 900 and eau go back to the
aid FOLKS with it, 5fifscoukec Sentinel. |